From: Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift
Investigation | Group typea(n) | Population | Number of treatment sessions | Follow-up (number of weeks post treatment) | Attrition | Improvements | Decre-ments | ||
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 |  |  |  |  |  | Physio-logic | Health behaviors | Psycho-social |  |
HAES (n = 48); social support (n = 48); control (n = 48) | Overweight and obese women | 15 | 26 | 8%; 19%; 21% | Not evaluated | Eating behaviors | Not evaluated | None | |
HAES (n = 39); diet (n = 39) | Obese women, chronic dieters | 30 | 52 | 8%; 42% | LDL, systolic blood pressure | Activity, binge eating | Self esteem, depression, body dissatisfact-ion, body image, interoceptive awareness | None | |
Rapaport et al., 2000[16] | Modified cognitive-behavioral treatment (n= 37); cognitive behavioral treatment (n= 38) | Overweight and obese women | 10 | 52 | 16%; 16% | Total cholesterolb, LDL cholesterolb, systolic blood pressureb, diastolic blood pressureb | Activityb, dietary qualityb | Emotional well-beingb, distressb | None |
Ciliska, 1998[12] | Psycho-educational (n = 29); education only (n = 26), waitlist control (n = 23) | Obese women | 12 | 52 | 14%; 23%; 41% | Diastolic blood pressure | Binge eating | Self-esteem, body dissatisfact-ion, depression | None |
Goodrick et al., 1998[13] | Nondiet (n = 62); diet (n = 65); wait-list control (n = 58) | Overweight and obese women, binge-eaters | 50 | 78 | Not reported | Not evaluated | Binge-eating, exerciseb | Not evaluated | None |
Tanco, et al., 1998[14] | Cognitive group treatment (n = 20); weight loss (n = 21); waitlist control (n = 19) | Obese women | 8 | 26 | 10%; 10%; 32% | Not evaluated | Not evaluated | Depression, anxiety, eating-related psycho-pathology, perception of self-control | None |